by Dylan Craig ’16

As a freshman, one of the most annoying things to plague me in my first year at Sherwood is having to constantly deal with fellow freshmen pushing me to go to 7-11 with them during lunch. What is so exciting and attractive to freshman about walking half a mile, and crossing a busy road just to buy an overpriced Slurpee? First off, going to 7-11 is breaking the rules, since students are not allowed to leave campus at any point in the school day. I really don’t think detention is worth a stale doughnut from 7-11. But apparently, my peers do. However, you can’t blame their enthusiasm. If you think about it, it  makes sense. For the past three years, freshmen have been imprisoned in Rosa Parks or Farquhar with almost no freedom. Once, they reach Sherwood, they probably get the sense of being freed form the oppression of middle school. I guess they just want to exercise that freedom, but that doesn’t mean break the rules of Sherwood just to get a bitter 7-11 coffee.